The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Teaching support

Whether you are a new or experienced instructor, graduate student, or a postdoctoral fellow starting out on your teaching career, we offer a broad range of teaching development supports that will assist your teaching.

The supports we offer include workshops and teaching programs, course and curriculum design and development, teaching handbooks, learning technology resources and academic integrity strategies.

Teaching support

Our services

We offer a broad range of teaching development supports that will assist instructors, teaching assistant, post-doctoral fellows.

- Classroom observation
- Customized workshops
- Course development consultations
- Indigenous pedagogical resources and consultations
- Equity, diversity and inclusion consultations
- Digital media design services
- Teaching assistant consultations
- Teaching dossier consultation
- UM SRI course evaluation consultations
- Teaching strategies discussion
- Help with difficulties you are facing in the classroom

Our workshops

Visit our workshops page to explore our workshops.

Teaching support workshops

Programs we offer

We offer a wide variety of programs, workshops and special teaching events to the university teaching community to enhance teaching and learning experiences.

Graduate Teaching Program (GTP)

In January 2024, we will launch the new and improved Graduate Teaching Program. The new certificate will be made up of several badges that are short and quick and can be completed online when it works for you and your schedule.

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Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)

Developed in British Columbia in the late 1970s, the ISW was initially intended for new instructors. Since then, the program has grown extensively and has become a component of many faculty development programs across colleges and universities in Canada, the United States and around the world.

Teaching and Learning Certificate (TLC)

The UM TLC program is designed for faculty and full-time instructors who are in the early part of their teaching career. The program has been specifically designed to accommodate the busy schedule of faculty: limited classroom hours, flexible workshop offerings, supportive mentoring, and individualized teaching feedback.

We can help you make your teaching more just

Indigenous pedagogies and equity, diversity, and inclusion are important topics where we offer specialist support.

Indigenous pedagogical resources

In distinct Indigenous worldviews, 13 is a sacred number related to the 13 yearly moons and the turtle is a symbol of Truth. With that in mind and with the help of Indigenous Initiatives Educators, we've compiled resources related to 13 topics within Indigenous pedagogical theory to help you incorporate the Truth of Indigenous pedagogies into your classroom.

Sweetgrass Teaching Bundle

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Equity, diversity, and inclusion

Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) inform teaching and learning in countless ways. Here, you can deepen your understanding of key terms, learn more about specific teaching and learning strategies, and take action.

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Accessible course design coaching

We will collaborate with you to make your pedagogy more accessible for everyone who comes into your classroom. Whether you need a review of a specific element of your course or a full overhaul, we will be there to help you design for inclusion.

Explore teaching strategies

Incorporate experiential learning into your teaching, get help with teaching remotely or help developing a face-to-face or blended learning course.

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Syllabus toolkit

Designing a syllabus is a complex task. A syllabus needs to communicate essential course details to students in a friendly and open tone. On this page you’ll find templates in a variety of formats that you can adapt for your needs, and a syllabus creation guide organized by section to correspond with the templates. All documents meet or exceed the requirements for instructors laid out in the Responsibilities of Academic Staff with Regards to Students (ROASS) policy.

Experiential learning

Experiential learning is learning through experience. Students learn through processes such as problem-solving, critical evaluation and action-orientated projects in real-life settings.

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Remote teaching support

The COVID-19 pandemic has made us all have to re-think how we teach. The Centre has compiled resources to help you make remote learning a great experience for you and your students.

Course and curriculum development

Whether you are creating a face-to-face, blended or online course for the first time or you would like to change an existing course, The Centre’s course development experts can help you define your learning objectives, design aligned learning activities and formulate effective assessments to improve learner outcomes.

Teaching resources

Except where otherwise noted, these teaching resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Magna Commons

The Centre provides all faculty and teaching instructors free access to the Magna Commons teaching resources. Magna Commons, founded in 1972, is an online, cloud-based professional development resource for faculty.

Through this resource, you have access to vetted and cutting-edge professional development resources. Please login to UM Learn to access this resource in your course offerings.

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Knowledge nuggets

Bite-sized resources to help students help themselves, as a collection of teaching/learning resources for promoting academic integrity and related topics (e.g., citing and referencing, finding valid sources) that has been curated within UM Learn.
These resources include content in various forms and sample learning outcomes, learning activities and quizzes. Instructors can select and import chosen resources into their own course shells and modify them to suit their specific course needs.
Interested instructors can contact Brenda Stoesz to gain access to this UM Learn course.

Contact us

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
65 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

thecentrecontactus@umanitoba.ca

204-474-8708

204-474-7514

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

University of Manitoba

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Teaching support

Teaching support

Our services

Programs we offer

Graduate Teaching Program (GTP)

Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)

Teaching and Learning Certificate (TLC)

Become a TLC mentor

Meet our TLC graduates

We can help you make your teaching more just

Indigenous pedagogical resources

Equity, diversity, and inclusion

Accessible course design coaching

Explore teaching strategies

Syllabus toolkit

Experiential learning

Remote teaching support

Course and curriculum development

Teaching resources

Preparing to teach

Inclusive teaching

Approaches and modalities

Assessment

Strategies

Reflecting and documenting teaching

Handbooks

Magna Commons

Knowledge nuggets

Contact us